Mixtape Wednesday

Go shorty, it's ya birthday, gonna party like it's ya birthday.

Even if it's not 'ya birthday' we're still 'gonna party' because this week I got another year older.

And to celebrate, we have some superfly TNT action, where TNT stands for TurNTable. What? It sort of works. Well okay pedant-pants it doesn't, but it's my birthday so shutuppayaface and enjoy the mixes.

First up, a 4-deck mix from Fort Knox Five, recorded live in Colorado in October this year.

Weighing in at 80 minutes, around 40 tracks, countless beats, cuts, samples and loops, with acapellas, mash-ups and more than a sprinkling of low-down dirty grimey funk - this is great work.

Download it here.








Tracklist:

1. Mr Bigstuff vs Lyrics Born - Sould Out DJs
2. Money Banger - A Skillz
3. Sign, Sealed, Delivered (DJ Smash's Remix) - Stevie Wonder
4. Shake Ya Ass - Street Punx
5. The Brazilian Hipster - Fort Knox Five
6. Buffalo Boot (DC's Finest Fort Knox Five Edit) - Buffalo Springfield vs Shaft
7. My Girl Remix - Temptations vs DJ Solarz
8. More Bounce - Dj Dan and Uberzone
9. Rock of Ages - DC's Finest featuring Huula
10. The Balance (Fort Knox Five Remix) - Sub Swara
11. Fifth of Cool J - DC's Finest (Fort Knox Five Edit)
12. Calling Out A Winner (DC's Finest Fort Knox Five Edit) - Hot Chocolat vs Lyrics Born
13. Shining Star (Fuzzbox Inc Edit) - Earth, Wind, and Fire
14. Work (Fuzzbox Inc Edit) - Masters at Work
15. Party & B.S. (Mat the Alien Edit) - Notorious B.I.G.
16. Downside Up - Nick Thayer & Agent 86
17. I'm Bossy (Reece Re-Edit) - Kelis
18. Dusty Girl (Jay Clue's Edit) - DJ Tripp - B.I.G. vs Leftfield vs Stereo MCs
19. Dizzie Dollie (Different Strokes Edit) - Dolly Parton vs Dizzee Rascal vs Billy Squire
20. Azzido Da Banger - Will Styles
21. Night Owl - Neighbour & Think Tank
22. What Make Ya Dance featuring Rootz - Fort Knox Five
23. Funky Music Till You Die - Kool Hertz
24. The Champ (Nick Thayer Edit) - The Mohawks
25. Boogie Call - Slynk
26. Whatchyagot - Funkburners
27. Electro E.L.O. (DC's Finest Fort Knox Five Edit) - E.L.O.
28. Black Dog in the Streets - Unknown
29. Revolution (DC's Finest Fort Knox Five Edit) - The Beatles
30. Bmore Salmon (A Skillz Edit) - Chemical Brothers
31. Body Slam - Neighbour
32. Dynamo Bustamove (DC's Finest Fort Knox Five Edit) - Dynamo Productions vs Young MC
33. The Sax Pusher featuring Frank Mitchell - Fort Knox Five
34. Big Band Breaks - DC's Finest (Fort Knox Five Edit)
35. Baba O'Reilly (Sebastien Edit) - The Who
36. War Pigs (Drums of Death Edit) - Black Sabbath
37. Studdastep (DC's Finest Fort Knox Five Edit) - Biz Markie vs Sukh Knight
38. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
39. Come Together (A Skillz Banger) - The Beatles


Next is a jacking disco mix, "blending old, new, classic, disco, electro, grime, rock and more into a delicious b-girl bouillabaisse" from Cassie Carpenter.

For my money, this mix takes a couple of minutes to find its groove, but it's worth getting through the first few tracks, because once the Rye Rye + MIA track hits, the rest of the mix just blows up with groove after relentless groove.

Download and listen courtesy of DiscoWorkOut here.

Tracklist:

1. Los Angeles Intro (including Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty and David Lynch)
2. Pants are Saggin’ – DJ Tragic
3. Burnin’ – DJ Attack
4. Inside Ya – DJ Tragic
5. Bang – Rye Rye featuring MIA
6. Credit in the Straight World – Ssion
7. The Dull Flame of Desire (Modeselektor Remix for Boys Edit) – Björk
8. Ain’t My Type of Hype (Rap) – Full Force
9. Jungle Fever – Chakachas
10. Fit In Interlude – TV Carnage
11. Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez
12. Damian Lazarus Interlude
13. Fuckingham Palace – Alter Ego
14. Nattura (Switch Remix) - Björk
15. I Love U (Larry Tee Secured Dub Remix) - Bart B More
16. Off the Map – Simian Mobile Disco featuring Jamie Lidell
17. Baby Let Me Kiss You – Fern Kinney
18. The Goddess Appears – Koji Kondo
19. I Can’t Help It (Todd Terje Remix) – Michael Jackson
20. Lose You (Drums of Death Remix) – Peaches
21. Lose You (Slash Fiction Remix) – Peaches
22. Frenchapella and What is Love? – Deee-Lite
23. Monty Python/Disco Show/8 Bit Weapon Interlude
24. Bacon Fat – Andre Williams
25. Brainless (Baron Von Luxxury Remix) – Sunny Day Sets Fire
26. Do You Wanna Funk – Patrick Cowley & Sylvester
27. Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix) – The Whitest Boy Alive
28. Brian 2 Demo – James Braun
29. Still Going – Spaghetti Circus
30. Clown (Moves Remix) – Ssion
31. Jeffer – Boyz Noise
32. Scatterheart – Björk
33. Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix) – Midlake
34. William’s Blood (Aeroplane Remix) – Grace Jones
35. Untitled – The Cure

Also hot this week - breaks, bass and genre-hopping from one of Fat! Records' tips for 2010, Randomer.

This mix glides from funky breaks, to silky chilled beats, to drum & bass with apparently effortless ease - something like watching a swan float downriver with a boombox on its back.

Download the mix and a free track from Randomer here.

Tracklist:
1. Zombie Disco Squad - The Dance
2. Joe - Claptrap
3. Untold - Just For You (Roska Remix)
4. Randomer & Jonny5 - Too Many Times
5. Martyn - Mega Drive Generation
6. Untold - I Can’t Stop This Feeling (Pangaea Remix)
7. Untold - Palamino
8. Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Lil Silva Remix)
9. Lil Silva - Different
10. Randomer - Bleep Loop
11. NB Funky - Frequency
12. Randomer - Scapegoat
13. Toasty - Full Clip
14. Randomer - Soft Focus
15. Instra:mental - No Future
16. Randomer - Junk
17. Danny Breaks - Outro
18. Randomer - Easter Island
19. Enei - Z-Grab
20. Randomer - Down in the Woods
21. Randomer - Down to the Club
22. Randomer - Synth Geek
23. Randomer - Trogs
24. Randomer - Synth Geek
25. Dan Harbarnam - Zoom Back Camera
26. Danny Breaks - The Big Bossa
27. Commix, Nutone & Logistics - Soundbyte
28. Randomer - Puzzled
29. Hunchbak - Peace Wip
30. Randomer & REDS - Modem Jazz
31. Hunchbak - Peace Wip
32. Decimal - Circle Of Nine
33. Sabre - God Fearing
34. Randomer - Appetite
35. Martsman - Halow
36. Randomer - Rough Sex

And finally, a mix from techno legend Dave Angel, a man whose chunky British re-invention of the classic Detroit vibe has been an inspiration to me for many years.

This mix was recorded a year ago, but still sounds fresh. I can't find a tracklist on the web anywhere, but it does contain a couple of tracks from his 'Ghost Train EP'.

It takes me back to my days of eye rolling head massages at Voodoo in Liverpool, the days when Dave Angel's 'In Flight Entertainment' EP absolutely blew my mind.

Download it here and crank your stereo.